Five dead in clashes between police, pro-Mursi protesters in Suez

Wednesday 14-08-2013 08:07 PM
Five dead in clashes between police, pro-Mursi protesters in Suez

(Archive) Suez clashes - Asmaa Waguih/Reuters

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Five people, including a woman, were killed in Suez on Wednesday when clashes between security forces and supporters of former President Mohamed Mursi broke out, a health ministry official said. 

Around 50 others were injured in the clashes, said Mohamed al-Azizi, the health ministry's undersecretary in Suez.

Four army tanks were torched to the ground by Mursi's supporters, a military source in Suez told Aswat Masriya.

Pro-Mursi protesters set the Catholic Good Shepherd Church and the Fransiscan School in Suez on fire earlier today.

They also clashed with the police and army forces near a complex of government buildings in the city.

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